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I remember a moment when the Prince went back to his old school, Grammar School in Melbourne, and slightly to his horror his old music teacher produced a cello.

— Anthony Holden

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I never thought, 'Oh God, I'm in Prince's shadow.' He'd been performing for years, and he was my teacher.

— Vanity

I studied the cello for a long time, from when I was little up through college.

— Lev Grossman

In the autumn of 1970 I had a job singing in the school system, playing my guitar in classrooms.

— Don McLean

About 13-14 years ago, I went back to my alma mater, Fairfax High School, and ran into the music teacher. She invited me to come speak to the kids about the viability of a music career. When I went into the room where I used to play every day in a big orchestra, they had nothing!

— Flea

I was a student at Columbia College, actually, in the Architecture school. Paul would drive in from Queens, showing me these new songs. I can't remember us working it out.

— Art Garfunkel

I played the cello from when I was ten, and then I bought a guitar from the father of some friends of mine and played that for a while. And then when I was fourteen or so, I bought a guitar - a real nice one - in Durham, North Carolina, that I worked with up until I was about twenty-five.

— James Taylor

I decided that I wanted to explore all kinds of music with my cello, not just the Western classical tradition. I just wanted to try and expand my vocabulary and bring that different kind of music to my audience.

— Maya Beiser

✗Opposing Perspectives

My mom says that my dad coerced me into choosing the cello. He says that's not entirely true. I don't remember; I was three.

— Joshua Roman

It started when I was eight years old. I first heard the cello on the radio, and I loved the sound. It was such a magical, beautiful sound. I dedicated my entire childhood to cello, practising like crazy.

— Stjepan Hauser

I played cello in my high school orchestra.

— Eberhard Weber